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"This firm is praised for its “expertise in various fields, excellent customer service and relationship-driven lawyers who look after clients’ interests well.” In addition, as “one of the largest independent firms of solicitors in the North East, it has greater resources than most in the region,” sources confirm."

Chambers 2008

The Banking Team operates on a national basis and has established itself as the North’s leading practice in banking and finance work. We have the largest Banking Team in the North.



We advise senior lenders, mezzanine lenders and venture capitalists in all aspects of leveraged, development and project finance. We also act for developers, real estate trusts, large public and private property companies in addition to smaller property investors in relation to their banking requirements.

We act for Bank of Scotland, Barclays Bank plc, National Australia Bank (including Yorkshire Bank), Royal Bank of Scotland PLC, Northern Rock plc, Nationwide Building Society, Lloyds TSB Bank plc, HSBC Bank PLC, Abbey National plc, Universal Building Society and Leeds Building Society.

We provide a partner-led service based on a specialised knowledge of the banking and financial services industries which is supported by the resources of one of the UK’s leading regional law firms.

Specific areas upon which our banking lawyers regularly advise include:



• Project finance
• PFI funding
• Real estate finance
• Leveraged finance
• Development finance
• Syndicated lending
• Asset finance including sales and lease backs
• Interest rate swaps and other hedging agreements
• Letters of credit, performance bonds and other guarantee facilities
• Debt recovery, personal and corporate security enforcement
• Company law aspects in transactions e.g. financial assistance